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microphotograph

[mahy-kruh-foh-tuh-graf, -grahf]

noun

  1. microfilm.

  2. a small photograph requiring optical enlargement to render it visible in detail.

  3. a photomicrograph.



microphotograph

/ -ˌɡræf, ˌmaɪkrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ, ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a photograph in which the image is greatly reduced and therefore requires optical enlargement for viewing purposes

  2. a less common name for microcopy photomicrograph

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • microphotographic adjective
  • microphotography noun
  • ˌˌdzٴˈ󾱳 adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of microphotograph1

First recorded in 1855–60; micro- + photograph
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Example Sentences

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He seemed to remember a microphotograph of a creature like those in the book he had studied, but the name that had gone with it eluded him.

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From a microphotograph surgically implanted in his body, he finds the address of a bank in Zurich, an account that yields him more than $5 million, and a name: Jason Charles Bourne.

But perhaps the most astonishing thing, though I did not think of it until later, was that the compound eye of the insect, did not convey to it the impression of a vast number of separate pictures, such as the eye produces when a microphotograph is taken through it.

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Kennedy picked up another microphotograph.

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